Vyautautas Bieliauskas
Age: 92
Born: November 01, 1920
Died: April 25, 2013
Vytautas J. Bieliauskas, Chairman of the Psychology Department at Xavier University from 1959 to 1978, and President of the Lithuanian World Community when the Soviet Union broke apart in1989, died in hospice at Drake Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 25, 2013. He was 92 years old.
Born in 1920 in Marijampole, in newly-independent Lithuania, Vytautas (Vytas) was the eldest of four children of Antanas and Anele Bieliauskas. Upon completing Rygiškio Jonas High School, Vytas entered the Vilkaviškis seminary but transferred to Vytautas the Great University in Kaunas in 1940. He completed a Ph.D. at the University of Tübingen in Germany in 1943 and taught courses in the nascent field of psychology at the University of Munich from 1944 to 1948.
With the outbreak of World War II, and his home country subjected to multiple occupations by the Soviets and the Nazis, Vytas turned to assisting the flood of Lithuanian refugees flowing into Germany as "DPs" (Displaced Persons). Together with other volunteers, he founded the Lithuanian publication Aidai to provide vital information for new arrivals and, more importantly, news from Lithuania. Once established, Aidai passed into other hands, and it evolved into a journal of arts and culture that published the works of prolific Lithuanian writers and artists who were scattered throughout the DP camps in Germany.
It was during these activist years that he met the young medical student who would become his wife, Danute Sirvydaite. They married in Munich in April of 1947.
Although the Allied victory of WWII brought peace to Western Europe, it ushered in 50 years of Soviet subjugation to Lithuania. A return to their homeland thwarted by the possibility of imprisonment or deportation to Siberia, the young couple, now with an infant son, were sponsored by distant relatives in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to emigrate to the United States in 1949.
Upon arriving in the United States through Ellis Island, Vytas established himself professionally first at Richmond Professional Institute (now VCU) in Richmond, Va., where three more children were born. Receiving an appointment at Xavier University, Bieliauskas moved his family to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1957 and settled in Groesbeck, where Danute opened a medical practice. Both continued to be active in their professional fields until age 70.
Vytas also found it important to serve his newly-adopted country, and he joined the U.S. Army Reserves, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Medical Corps.
Ever mindful of the perils faced by occupied Lithuania, Vytas served as Executive Vice President of the Lithuanian-American Community, Inc. in the U.S. and worked to help restore Lithuania's independence. He was president of the Lithuanian World Community during the intensive years of 1988-1992. He has been a pillar of the Lithuanian-American Community of Cincinnati from when it was comprised several families to more than one hundred members today.
A part of the Xavier family for 47 years, Vytas taught and counseled countless psychology students, always leaving time to advise freshmen. Professionally, he is perhaps best known for his research on the House-Tree-Person Personality Test, which is used internationally for personality evaluation. Following the race riots in Cincinnati in 1967 and 1968, he was instrumental in arranging sensitivity training workshops for the Cincinnati police force through XU's psychology department.
Board-certified in clinical psychology and family therapy by the American Board of Professional Psychology, Vytas was also a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Ohio Psychological Association, the Cincinnati Academy of Professional Psychology and the Cincinnati Psychological Association. He held a wide range of offices in professional organizations, including head of the Ohio State Board of Psychology. Vytas has published more than 100 articles in English, French, German and Lithuanian, and he received Outstanding Educator of America awards in 1971, 1972 and 1974. He was a member of the Catholic Academy of Sciences in the U.S. In 1990, he received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, an award given to honor the contribution made to America by immigrants and the legacy they leave behind.
Vytas Bieliauskas is survived by his wife of 67 years, Dr. Danute Bieliauskas, his sons Linas and Cornelius (Sarah Schrand), his daughters Diana and Aldona, grandchildren Nina and Anton Bieliauskas (Shannon), Mantas and Nida Vidutis, Hana, Abe, and Jonas Bieliauskas, and his sister Aldona Laukaitiene and many young relatives in Lithuania. His first great-grandchild will be born any day in Michigan.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO:
The Bieliauskas Fund?
Psychology Department
Xavier University
3800 Victory Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45207-5430
Or
The Baltic Jesuit Advancement Project
1380 Castlewood Drive,
Lemont, IL 60439-6732, USA
All donations are TAX deductible as allowed by law.
(Federal Tax Exempt #36-2257083)
Visitation
Location: Bellarmine Chapel
Date: Saturday, May 04, 2013
Time: 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Additional Info: Bellarmine Chapel at Xavier University 3800 Victory Parkway Cincinnati, Ohio
Memorial Service
Location: Bellarmine Chapel
Date: Saturday, May 04, 2013
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Additional Info: Bellarmine Chapel at Xavier University 3800 Victory Parkway Cincinnati, Ohio
Age: 92
Born: November 01, 1920
Died: April 25, 2013
Vytautas J. Bieliauskas, Chairman of the Psychology Department at Xavier University from 1959 to 1978, and President of the Lithuanian World Community when the Soviet Union broke apart in1989, died in hospice at Drake Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 25, 2013. He was 92 years old.
Born in 1920 in Marijampole, in newly-independent Lithuania, Vytautas (Vytas) was the eldest of four children of Antanas and Anele Bieliauskas. Upon completing Rygiškio Jonas High School, Vytas entered the Vilkaviškis seminary but transferred to Vytautas the Great University in Kaunas in 1940. He completed a Ph.D. at the University of Tübingen in Germany in 1943 and taught courses in the nascent field of psychology at the University of Munich from 1944 to 1948.
With the outbreak of World War II, and his home country subjected to multiple occupations by the Soviets and the Nazis, Vytas turned to assisting the flood of Lithuanian refugees flowing into Germany as "DPs" (Displaced Persons). Together with other volunteers, he founded the Lithuanian publication Aidai to provide vital information for new arrivals and, more importantly, news from Lithuania. Once established, Aidai passed into other hands, and it evolved into a journal of arts and culture that published the works of prolific Lithuanian writers and artists who were scattered throughout the DP camps in Germany.
It was during these activist years that he met the young medical student who would become his wife, Danute Sirvydaite. They married in Munich in April of 1947.
Although the Allied victory of WWII brought peace to Western Europe, it ushered in 50 years of Soviet subjugation to Lithuania. A return to their homeland thwarted by the possibility of imprisonment or deportation to Siberia, the young couple, now with an infant son, were sponsored by distant relatives in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to emigrate to the United States in 1949.
Upon arriving in the United States through Ellis Island, Vytas established himself professionally first at Richmond Professional Institute (now VCU) in Richmond, Va., where three more children were born. Receiving an appointment at Xavier University, Bieliauskas moved his family to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1957 and settled in Groesbeck, where Danute opened a medical practice. Both continued to be active in their professional fields until age 70.
Vytas also found it important to serve his newly-adopted country, and he joined the U.S. Army Reserves, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Medical Corps.
Ever mindful of the perils faced by occupied Lithuania, Vytas served as Executive Vice President of the Lithuanian-American Community, Inc. in the U.S. and worked to help restore Lithuania's independence. He was president of the Lithuanian World Community during the intensive years of 1988-1992. He has been a pillar of the Lithuanian-American Community of Cincinnati from when it was comprised several families to more than one hundred members today.
A part of the Xavier family for 47 years, Vytas taught and counseled countless psychology students, always leaving time to advise freshmen. Professionally, he is perhaps best known for his research on the House-Tree-Person Personality Test, which is used internationally for personality evaluation. Following the race riots in Cincinnati in 1967 and 1968, he was instrumental in arranging sensitivity training workshops for the Cincinnati police force through XU's psychology department.
Board-certified in clinical psychology and family therapy by the American Board of Professional Psychology, Vytas was also a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Ohio Psychological Association, the Cincinnati Academy of Professional Psychology and the Cincinnati Psychological Association. He held a wide range of offices in professional organizations, including head of the Ohio State Board of Psychology. Vytas has published more than 100 articles in English, French, German and Lithuanian, and he received Outstanding Educator of America awards in 1971, 1972 and 1974. He was a member of the Catholic Academy of Sciences in the U.S. In 1990, he received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, an award given to honor the contribution made to America by immigrants and the legacy they leave behind.
Vytas Bieliauskas is survived by his wife of 67 years, Dr. Danute Bieliauskas, his sons Linas and Cornelius (Sarah Schrand), his daughters Diana and Aldona, grandchildren Nina and Anton Bieliauskas (Shannon), Mantas and Nida Vidutis, Hana, Abe, and Jonas Bieliauskas, and his sister Aldona Laukaitiene and many young relatives in Lithuania. His first great-grandchild will be born any day in Michigan.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO:
The Bieliauskas Fund?
Psychology Department
Xavier University
3800 Victory Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45207-5430
Or
The Baltic Jesuit Advancement Project
1380 Castlewood Drive,
Lemont, IL 60439-6732, USA
All donations are TAX deductible as allowed by law.
(Federal Tax Exempt #36-2257083)
Visitation
Location: Bellarmine Chapel
Date: Saturday, May 04, 2013
Time: 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Additional Info: Bellarmine Chapel at Xavier University 3800 Victory Parkway Cincinnati, Ohio
Memorial Service
Location: Bellarmine Chapel
Date: Saturday, May 04, 2013
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Additional Info: Bellarmine Chapel at Xavier University 3800 Victory Parkway Cincinnati, Ohio
Vyautautas Bieliauskas
Age: 92
Born: November 01, 1920
Died: April 25, 2013
Vytautas J. Bieliauskas, Chairman of the Psychology Department at Xavier University from 1959 to 1978, and President of the Lithuanian World Community when the Soviet Union broke apart in1989, died in hospice at Drake Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 25, 2013. He was 92 years old.
Born in 1920 in Marijampole, in newly-independent Lithuania, Vytautas (Vytas) was the eldest of four children of Antanas and Anele Bieliauskas. Upon completing Rygiškio Jonas High School, Vytas entered the Vilkaviškis seminary but transferred to Vytautas the Great University in Kaunas in 1940. He completed a Ph.D. at the University of Tübingen in Germany in 1943 and taught courses in the nascent field of psychology at the University of Munich from 1944 to 1948.
With the outbreak of World War II, and his home country subjected to multiple occupations by the Soviets and the Nazis, Vytas turned to assisting the flood of Lithuanian refugees flowing into Germany as "DPs" (Displaced Persons). Together with other volunteers, he founded the Lithuanian publication Aidai to provide vital information for new arrivals and, more importantly, news from Lithuania. Once established, Aidai passed into other hands, and it evolved into a journal of arts and culture that published the works of prolific Lithuanian writers and artists who were scattered throughout the DP camps in Germany.
It was during these activist years that he met the young medical student who would become his wife, Danute Sirvydaite. They married in Munich in April of 1947.
Although the Allied victory of WWII brought peace to Western Europe, it ushered in 50 years of Soviet subjugation to Lithuania. A return to their homeland thwarted by the possibility of imprisonment or deportation to Siberia, the young couple, now with an infant son, were sponsored by distant relatives in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to emigrate to the United States in 1949.
Upon arriving in the United States through Ellis Island, Vytas established himself professionally first at Richmond Professional Institute (now VCU) in Richmond, Va., where three more children were born. Receiving an appointment at Xavier University, Bieliauskas moved his family to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1957 and settled in Groesbeck, where Danute opened a medical practice. Both continued to be active in their professional fields until age 70.
Vytas also found it important to serve his newly-adopted country, and he joined the U.S. Army Reserves, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Medical Corps.
Ever mindful of the perils faced by occupied Lithuania, Vytas served as Executive Vice President of the Lithuanian-American Community, Inc. in the U.S. and worked to help restore Lithuania's independence. He was president of the Lithuanian World Community during the intensive years of 1988-1992. He has been a pillar of the Lithuanian-American Community of Cincinnati from when it was comprised several families to more than one hundred members today.
A part of the Xavier family for 47 years, Vytas taught and counseled countless psychology students, always leaving time to advise freshmen. Professionally, he is perhaps best known for his research on the House-Tree-Person Personality Test, which is used internationally for personality evaluation. Following the race riots in Cincinnati in 1967 and 1968, he was instrumental in arranging sensitivity training workshops for the Cincinnati police force through XU's psychology department.
Board-certified in clinical psychology and family therapy by the American Board of Professional Psychology, Vytas was also a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Ohio Psychological Association, the Cincinnati Academy of Professional Psychology and the Cincinnati Psychological Association. He held a wide range of offices in professional organizations, including head of the Ohio State Board of Psychology. Vytas has published more than 100 articles in English, French, German and Lithuanian, and he received Outstanding Educator of America awards in 1971, 1972 and 1974. He was a member of the Catholic Academy of Sciences in the U.S. In 1990, he received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, an award given to honor the contribution made to America by immigrants and the legacy they leave behind.
Vytas Bieliauskas is survived by his wife of 67 years, Dr. Danute Bieliauskas, his sons Linas and Cornelius (Sarah Schrand), his daughters Diana and Aldona, grandchildren Nina and Anton Bieliauskas (Shannon), Mantas and Nida Vidutis, Hana, Abe, and Jonas Bieliauskas, and his sister Aldona Laukaitiene and many young relatives in Lithuania. His first great-grandchild will be born any day in Michigan.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO:
The Bieliauskas Fund?
Psychology Department
Xavier University
3800 Victory Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45207-5430
Or
The Baltic Jesuit Advancement Project
1380 Castlewood Drive,
Lemont, IL 60439-6732, USA
All donations are TAX deductible as allowed by law.
(Federal Tax Exempt #36-2257083)
Visitation
Location: Bellarmine Chapel
Date: Saturday, May 04, 2013
Time: 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Additional Info: Bellarmine Chapel at Xavier University 3800 Victory Parkway Cincinnati, Ohio
Memorial Service
Location: Bellarmine Chapel
Date: Saturday, May 04, 2013
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Additional Info: Bellarmine Chapel at Xavier University 3800 Victory Parkway Cincinnati, Ohio
Age: 92
Born: November 01, 1920
Died: April 25, 2013
Vytautas J. Bieliauskas, Chairman of the Psychology Department at Xavier University from 1959 to 1978, and President of the Lithuanian World Community when the Soviet Union broke apart in1989, died in hospice at Drake Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 25, 2013. He was 92 years old.
Born in 1920 in Marijampole, in newly-independent Lithuania, Vytautas (Vytas) was the eldest of four children of Antanas and Anele Bieliauskas. Upon completing Rygiškio Jonas High School, Vytas entered the Vilkaviškis seminary but transferred to Vytautas the Great University in Kaunas in 1940. He completed a Ph.D. at the University of Tübingen in Germany in 1943 and taught courses in the nascent field of psychology at the University of Munich from 1944 to 1948.
With the outbreak of World War II, and his home country subjected to multiple occupations by the Soviets and the Nazis, Vytas turned to assisting the flood of Lithuanian refugees flowing into Germany as "DPs" (Displaced Persons). Together with other volunteers, he founded the Lithuanian publication Aidai to provide vital information for new arrivals and, more importantly, news from Lithuania. Once established, Aidai passed into other hands, and it evolved into a journal of arts and culture that published the works of prolific Lithuanian writers and artists who were scattered throughout the DP camps in Germany.
It was during these activist years that he met the young medical student who would become his wife, Danute Sirvydaite. They married in Munich in April of 1947.
Although the Allied victory of WWII brought peace to Western Europe, it ushered in 50 years of Soviet subjugation to Lithuania. A return to their homeland thwarted by the possibility of imprisonment or deportation to Siberia, the young couple, now with an infant son, were sponsored by distant relatives in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to emigrate to the United States in 1949.
Upon arriving in the United States through Ellis Island, Vytas established himself professionally first at Richmond Professional Institute (now VCU) in Richmond, Va., where three more children were born. Receiving an appointment at Xavier University, Bieliauskas moved his family to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1957 and settled in Groesbeck, where Danute opened a medical practice. Both continued to be active in their professional fields until age 70.
Vytas also found it important to serve his newly-adopted country, and he joined the U.S. Army Reserves, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Medical Corps.
Ever mindful of the perils faced by occupied Lithuania, Vytas served as Executive Vice President of the Lithuanian-American Community, Inc. in the U.S. and worked to help restore Lithuania's independence. He was president of the Lithuanian World Community during the intensive years of 1988-1992. He has been a pillar of the Lithuanian-American Community of Cincinnati from when it was comprised several families to more than one hundred members today.
A part of the Xavier family for 47 years, Vytas taught and counseled countless psychology students, always leaving time to advise freshmen. Professionally, he is perhaps best known for his research on the House-Tree-Person Personality Test, which is used internationally for personality evaluation. Following the race riots in Cincinnati in 1967 and 1968, he was instrumental in arranging sensitivity training workshops for the Cincinnati police force through XU's psychology department.
Board-certified in clinical psychology and family therapy by the American Board of Professional Psychology, Vytas was also a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Ohio Psychological Association, the Cincinnati Academy of Professional Psychology and the Cincinnati Psychological Association. He held a wide range of offices in professional organizations, including head of the Ohio State Board of Psychology. Vytas has published more than 100 articles in English, French, German and Lithuanian, and he received Outstanding Educator of America awards in 1971, 1972 and 1974. He was a member of the Catholic Academy of Sciences in the U.S. In 1990, he received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, an award given to honor the contribution made to America by immigrants and the legacy they leave behind.
Vytas Bieliauskas is survived by his wife of 67 years, Dr. Danute Bieliauskas, his sons Linas and Cornelius (Sarah Schrand), his daughters Diana and Aldona, grandchildren Nina and Anton Bieliauskas (Shannon), Mantas and Nida Vidutis, Hana, Abe, and Jonas Bieliauskas, and his sister Aldona Laukaitiene and many young relatives in Lithuania. His first great-grandchild will be born any day in Michigan.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO:
The Bieliauskas Fund?
Psychology Department
Xavier University
3800 Victory Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45207-5430
Or
The Baltic Jesuit Advancement Project
1380 Castlewood Drive,
Lemont, IL 60439-6732, USA
All donations are TAX deductible as allowed by law.
(Federal Tax Exempt #36-2257083)
Visitation
Location: Bellarmine Chapel
Date: Saturday, May 04, 2013
Time: 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Additional Info: Bellarmine Chapel at Xavier University 3800 Victory Parkway Cincinnati, Ohio
Memorial Service
Location: Bellarmine Chapel
Date: Saturday, May 04, 2013
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Additional Info: Bellarmine Chapel at Xavier University 3800 Victory Parkway Cincinnati, Ohio
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